Sorry if this is the wrong place, I got no response in Weaning. So thought I'd try here:
When DD was weaned she would eat anything except banana, she still won't eat it to this day so I have accepted it's just a food she does not like.
However she seems to be growing more fussy, and refuses to try anything other than what she knows, for example she will not try lasagne, even though she likes and eats mincemeat, cheese and pasta seperately, she will even eat pasta in a tomato sauce. There is no logic there to me.
She did try meatballs last night, I was cooking them for me and she decided they smelt nice, then promptly wolfed down three of them. It just seems so random, the list of what she will and won't eat.
I managed to get her to try blueberries this weekend after describing them as baby grapes!
How do you go about encouraging children to try new foods? I have tried involving her in cooking, but she still wont try it.
A few things she has refused to even try:
Lasagne
Pizza
Apples, Pears, Plums, Nectarine etc (Despite eating these when younger and also used apple puree in weaning)
Raspberries (But eats strawberries)
Salad leaves
Cucumber
Pie (she will only pick out bits of steak from a steak pie)
Cheese spread
Sponge Cake
Carrots (raw or cooked)
Couscous
Courgettes
Aubergine
Mushrooms
Sandwiches in general(unless it's Dad's bacon sarnie she is nicking )
Things she likes and eats with no problem:
Chicken (she adores chicken curry)
Beef
Pasta
Noodles
Caluiflower and Brocolli
Peas
Beans
Raw sliced pepper (wont touch cooked unless in Fajitas)
Strawberries
Green grapes
Rice
Spaghetti hoops/shapes
Raisins
Porridge
Cheese (in blocks or cheese string type things)
eggs (scrambled or in omelettes)
I am just worried as her list of 'wont try's' is rather long!